Yevgeniy Petrovich Zagorulko (russian: Eвгений Петрович Загорулько; 26 August 1942 – 3 April 2021) was a Russian

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coach.

Biography

Zagorulko was born in Tyrma, Verkhnebureinsky District,

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. He belonged to the IAAF Accredited Centre ''ATC Sochi'', where Rodion Gataullin was sports director. He coached

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, Anna Chicherova,

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, and

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. Some of his athletes later changed coaches, like

who changed coach to

around January 2009. Zagorulko died on 3 April 2021, at the age of 78. He had previously been diagnosed with cancer, and had been admitted to hospital in a serious condition with

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on 2 April 2021. His death was announced by senior coach of the Russian national team .

References

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